Worker mobility and productivity spillovers

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Using linked employer-employee data from Finland, we examine the mobility of workers between establishments as a source of productivity-affecting knowledge spillovers. We find evidence that hiring workers from more productive establishments leads to higher productivity in the following year. For an average establishment, this productivity increase amounts to 0.45 percent in our most conservative estimate. The observed productivity gains hold for a variety of specifications, and changes in the receiving establishments' human capital stock are ruled out as an explanation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ETLA Working Papers ; No. 95

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis ; Externalities ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion ; Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
• Subject: Worker mobility ; Spillovers ; Productivity ; Human capital

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ohlsbom, Roope
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/273021
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET